CORPORATE WARRIORS TO BATTLE FOR BADMINTON GOLD IN STUTTGART

August 16, 1996 (D.Shuttlenws) - Badminton athletes representing
business and non-profit organizations from all over the world are slated
to battle it out for medal honors at the World Corporate Games in
Stuttgart, Germany from September 8 to 10.

The World Corporate Games are billed as the Olympic Games for business.
The several thousand participants at these Games represent their
organizations and not their countries, and a team from a business or
not-for-profit organization could be made up of players from different
countries.

The Games are held on an annual basis and the Games in Stuttgart are the
ninth year for the multi-sport festival. Previous Games were hosted by
San Francisco in 1988, Concord (California) in 1989, Hawaii in 1990,
Lille (France) in 1991, London in 1992, Kuala Lumpur in 1993, Johannesburg
in 1994, and Geneva in 1995.

A winter version of the Games was started this year, with the First
Winter World Corporate Games being held in the Austrian Alps.

Among the 23 sports being contested in Stuttgart and its suburbs from
September 7 to September 14 are athletics (track and road running events
only), BADMINTON, team basketball, 3-on-3 basketball, beach volleyball,
bowling (ten-pin and nine-pin), cycling, faustball (a German team sport),
field hockey, golf, team handball, mountain biking, petanque (a version of
lawn bowling), soccer (6-a-side), squash, table tennis, tennis, triathlon,
and team volleyball.

The colourful dragon boat racing event is also on the competition schedule
and is a favourite sport among the larger corporate entries as well as the
spectators.

Competition in most individually contested sports such as track and
badminton is by ten-year age groups - under 30, 30 and over, 40 and
over, 50 and over, and 60 and over. There is also an Open group where
there is no age restriction.

Team sports such as basketball and football are contested in two
categories - Open and 30 and over.

The badminton event is being held in Boblingen, a suburb of Stuttgart.
More than 300 competitors are expected with strong entries coming from
Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Germany and its neighbouring countries,
Canada, the United States, and Australia.


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